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Computer training at the Cascade Primary and Junior High School in Portland has been boosted significantly, with the recent presentation of 11 lap top computers to the institution by a past student. The donation, which was made recently by Herbert Wallen, Regional Director for Product Marketing at the Boeing Aircraft Company in Washington D.C., in the United States, brings to...

Scores of students of the Grants Pen Primary and Infant School in Yallahs, St. Thomas watched on Wednesday (Feb. 22) as grade 6 students Celine Davis and Dwayne Ives got "married" in a ceremony held on the school grounds. It was an elaborate occasion, with the bride looking resplendent in a white gown with tiara and trail, while the groom...

The Child Development Agency (CDA) has embarked on a programme to upgrade the skills of persons working within public and private childcare institutions. The first phase of the programme commenced in December 2005 with the training of nurse aides attached to childcare institutions, and will end in December 2006. Funded by the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) at a cost...

An initiative to further strengthen the use of information and communication technology in the country's education sector has been launched by Prime Minister P.J. Patterson. The project is a private/public partnership between ICT4D Jamaica which is co-sponsored by the HEART Trust/NTA and the International Education Collaborative Foundation, a non-profit organization based in the United States. Known as the Jamaica Collaborative...

Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Kern Spencer, has recommended that closed-circuit television (CCTV) and metal detectors be installed in schools to assist in the recovery of weapons and the prevention of attacks on students and teachers on school grounds. Senator Spencer, who was speaking at the University of the West Indies Guild of Students' first annual...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is providing $4.9 million for the construction of a basic school in the Springfield community in southwest Clarendon. "The Jamaica Social Investment Fund signed a contract with the Gimme-me-Bit/ Rocky Point/Springfield Seventh Day Benevolent Society, on January 27 for the construction of the basic school," informed Ayanna Mitchell, Community Driven Development Coordinator at JSIF....

President of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), Ruel Reid, has stressed that for the country to progress with confidence in the 21st Century, there must be transformation of the education system, with opportunities provided for all Jamaicans to be educated and trained to exceed minimum standards. Mr. Reid was addressing the Sandals Montego Bay hotel's quarterly staff awards ceremony, held...

Professor Kenneth Hall has vowed to give priority to education when he formerly assumes the office of Governor General in February. Professor Hall, who spoke to JIS News at the Office of the Prime Minister yesterday (Jan. 24), said the focus on education "was not only because I am in education but because I believe that education has such a...

More than 200 students participated in a presentation on Restorative Justice, yesterday (January 23), at the Holy Trinity High School in Kingston. The event was staged as part of the initiative by the Ministry of Justice to educate students about the principles of restorative justice. The Ministry is employing a strategy of zoning high schools, which are in close proximity...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) will be launching an electronic civics centre later this year, in an effort to promote greater awareness about the rights, privileges, and obligations that Jamaicans have in a democratic society. Minister of Information, Burchell Whiteman, who made the announcement during last Friday's (Jan. 20) sitting of the Senate, explained that the civics centre will be...

Several needy families in Toronto, Canada will have a better Christmas this year, thanks to a new programme launched by a Jamaican organization, recently. The Alliance of Jamaican Alumni Associations (AJAA), an umbrella body for some 45 Jamaican past students associations, launched its 'Care and Share Christmas' programme on Saturday, December 17 at the Revivaltime Tabernacle in Toronto. President of...

Among the issues to be discussed at this year's Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) meeting slated for December 1 and 2 at the Hilton Kingston Hotel, is the implementation of a new award - the Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Competence for graduates of secondary schools in the region. In an interview with JIS News, Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of the...